State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,432 Colorado births in 1978 across 964 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Colorado more than they say America.

#88Dominicoutside the national top 200
#59Lindsey#153 nationally
#58Tyler#150 nationally
#64Cody#152 nationally
#67Desiree#154 nationally
#46Kelli#124 nationally
#68Luke#139 nationally
#82Clinton#148 nationally
#78Lucas#136 nationally
#86Molly#142 nationally
#60Brooke#115 nationally
#62Nichole#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer851US #1
#2Jessica412US #3
#3Melissa389US #2
#4Sarah338US #8
#5Heather333US #5
#6Michelle291US #9
#7Amy270US #4
#8Nicole264US #10
#9Stephanie255US #16
#10Amanda254US #6
#11Angela251US #7
#12Lisa223US #11
#13Elizabeth219US #14
#14Andrea204US #23
#15Kimberly203US #13
#16Christina202US #15
#17Jamie195US #20
#18Erin193US #21
#19Rebecca193US #17
#20Kelly188US #12
#21Crystal185US #18
#22Amber174US #30
#23Sara161US #28
#24Laura157US #19
#25Rachel150US #25
#26Julie146US #26
#27Shannon133US #22
#28Katherine118US #38
#29Emily115US #33
#30Tiffany115US #32
#31Mary110US #24
#32Megan108US #41
#33Christine106US #29
#34Tara98US #40
#35April97US #27
#36Erica96US #34
#37Danielle88US #31
#38Monica87US #42
#39Carrie82US #35
#40Anna79US #65
#41Heidi79US #83
#42Maria79US #36
#43Melanie78US #54
#44Kathryn77US #57
#45Karen76US #39
#46Kelli74US #124
#47Brandy72US #37
#48Tanya71US #82
#49Natalie70US #66
#50Dawn69US #52
#51Alicia68US #58
#52Jill67US #46
#53Misty66US #43
#54Lori62US #60
#55Stacy62US #44
#56Susan62US #49
#57Kristina61US #64
#58Stacey61US #53
#59Lindsey60US #153
#60Brooke59US #115
#61Jaime59US #70
#62Nichole59US #116
#63Holly57US #55
#64Kristin57US #78
#65Tracy57US #47
#66Valerie57US #92
#67Desiree56US #154
#68Courtney55US #68
#69Lindsay55US #95
#70Sandra55US #69
#71Cynthia54US #50
#72Kristen54US #62
#73Sabrina54US #91
#74Julia52US #112
#75Vanessa52US #76
#76Victoria52US #121
#77Katie51US #90
#78Brenda50US #103
#79Cheryl50US #94
#80Tamara50US #105
#81Wendy50US #56
#82Allison49US #75
#83Anne48US #119
#84Catherine48US #72
#85Christy48US #59
#86Molly48US #142
#87Patricia48US #48
#88Renee48US #99
#89Tammy48US #67
#90Melinda47US #84
#91Samantha47US #74
#92Tina47US #45
#93Gina46US #93
#94Kathleen46US #79
#95Brandi45US #61
#96Leslie44US #63
#97Dana42US #71
#98Kristi42US #98
#99Robin42US #89
#100Ashley41US #87

Boys

#1Michael799US #1
#2Jason629US #2
#3Christopher622US #3
#4David568US #4
#5Matthew552US #6
#6James461US #5
#7Joshua459US #12
#8John422US #7
#9Ryan421US #14
#10Brian381US #9
#11Robert378US #8
#12Daniel364US #11
#13Joseph340US #10
#14Jeremy312US #18
#15Justin305US #28
#16William265US #13
#17Eric260US #16
#18Andrew252US #22
#19Nicholas248US #25
#20Timothy243US #17
#21Jeffrey235US #19
#22Adam230US #29
#23Aaron221US #32
#24Kevin210US #15
#25Richard209US #21
#26Mark207US #26
#27Anthony202US #20
#28Steven197US #24
#29Thomas195US #23
#30Nathan191US #36
#31Benjamin189US #34
#32Scott183US #30
#33Chad173US #35
#34Brandon165US #40
#35Charles157US #27
#36Paul149US #33
#37Jonathan148US #31
#38Travis146US #46
#39Patrick143US #42
#40Jacob138US #50
#41Sean138US #45
#42Jesse134US #51
#43Shawn117US #39
#44Stephen115US #37
#45Jeremiah114US #81
#46Gregory112US #38
#47Shane98US #65
#48Dustin96US #68
#49Bradley95US #53
#50Bryan95US #43
#51Kenneth89US #41
#52Shaun87US #52
#53Zachary84US #89
#54Todd81US #56
#55Samuel76US #57
#56Gabriel69US #90
#57Joel69US #74
#58Tyler69US #150
#59Donald68US #48
#60Jose68US #44
#61Douglas66US #59
#62Craig65US #66
#63Gary65US #60
#64Cody64US #152
#65Casey63US #92
#66Edward63US #47
#67Jared63US #72
#68Luke62US #139
#69Ronald62US #55
#70Phillip61US #67
#71Nathaniel60US #94
#72Peter60US #54
#73Corey59US #61
#74Keith59US #49
#75Kyle58US #63
#76Raymond57US #69
#77Troy57US #88
#78Lucas56US #136
#79Derek55US #75
#80Erik53US #85
#81Brent50US #87
#82Clinton49US #148
#83Seth48US #106
#84Carlos47US #78
#85Cory46US #73
#86Jon46US #108
#87Juan45US #62
#88Dominic44
#89Carl43US #100
#90George42US #58
#91Kristopher42US #104
#92Jeffery41US #80
#93Jerry41US #82
#94Alexander40US #98
#95Brett40US #112
#96Frank40US #77
#97Larry40US #64
#98Ian39US #117
#99Wesley39US #83
#100Marcus38US #70

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑50Kelli#46
↑28Nicholas#19
↑23Luke#68
↑22Kathryn#44
↑21Lori#54
↑20Kristen#72
↑20Cody#64
↑19Heidi#41

Falling

↓39Patricia#87
↓33Tammy#89
↓30Gina#93
↓29Allison#82
↓28Holly#63
↓23Larry#97
↓21Tina#92
↓20Renee#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.